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The Government of India has announced a new plan to build a mega solar project for meeting the increasing growth in energy. It is hoped to achieve renewable energy capacity of 175 GW by 2021. Small sized solar parks can be integral as a component of Smart Cities for being able to fulfil any additional requirements. Apart from rooftop solar, the solar energy can be utilized in other forms like solar pumps, solar street lighting, solar traffic signals, solar water heaters, solar concentrators based domestic cooking. There has been unparalleled transformation of living from rural to majorly urban living in India over the last two decades. The smart cities have significant developments planned within the infrastructure services and smart solutions in various aspects like toll collection, parking, traffic management etc. The power sector assures solar and smart metering electric power satisfying at least 10% of power required by the Indian smart cities.